The sociology of Southeast Asia : transformations in a developing region
Anthropology ; Asia ; Ethnic community ; Geopolitics ; Modernization ; Political economy ; Social change ; Society ; Sociology ; South-Eastern Asia ; Tradition ; Underdevelopment
and economic players. The work is divided in 11 chapters : 1 - The Sociology of a Diverse Region, 2 - The Sociological Context, 3 - Modernization and Post-War Social Change, 4 - Underdevelopment and Dependency, 5 - Social Class, the State and Political Economy
The book aims to provide to students a general view on the sociological aspects of Southeast Asian countries. Over the last thirty years many and rapid changes took place in the area. Traditional societies followed the pace of modernization. While
The Problems of Mexico: An Analysis of a Sociological Discourse
Discourse ; Mexico ; Research ; Scientific publication ; Social geography ; Sociology ; discourse analysis ; journals ; social problems ; sociology
Based on an empirical analysis of articles published between 1987 and 2006 in three major Mexican sociological journals, this article traces the continuities and discontinuities in the study of the alleged malfunctioning of Mexican society
. The study of how sociologists represented Mexican society has revealed several discursive dynamics. The traditional economic and political perspectives blaming social problems on elites predominate. Studies of electoral system flaws, political contention
The positioning of economic rationality in Colombia
Colombia ; Economic policy ; Knowledge ; Role of the State ; Society ; Sociology
This article explains how economic rationality in Colombia came to play a growing role in the management of economic policy and social analysis, as a case study of a process that is observed in various parts of the world. In addition to the rise
of a technocratic elite, this involved the positioning of economic rationality in managing strategic state institutions and the creation of knowledge about society. We explain the mechanisms that enabled economists to occupy these positions, displacing other social
The advantages of job creation are set against the economic and sociological effects of a tourist traffic which is comparatively recent (mid-sixties) and predominantly Swedish. (EMS).
The author presents the regional studies as an interdisciplinary field, incorporating seven areas: economic, town planning, geographical, sociological, antropological, historical and iuridicoinstitutional. The paper presents different evaluations
Problems of micro and macro level in sociology and human geography
Housing ; Human geography ; Local economy ; Social sciences ; Sociology ; Spatial behaviour ; Town ; Urban area ; Urban district ; Urban structure ; Urbanization
, on the social homogeneity of neighbourhoods, the dynamics in old urban quarters, the catchment areas of theaters and the municipal policy concerning local economics. - (AGD)
Economic base ; Economic restructuring ; Living standard ; Local economy ; Regional economy ; Small firm ; Socio-economic system ; Sociology ; United States of America ; Well-being
The AA. build on earlier work (Mills and Ulmer) in which characteristics of the local economic base were related to civic welfare. They posit that small business is good for local community welfare. Data from County Business Patterns and various
[b1] Dept. of Rural Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, Etats-Unis
In the beginning was economic geography - a science studies approach to disciplinary history
Colonialism ; Economic geography ; Epistemology ; History of geography ; History of ideas ; History of sciences ; Imperialism ; Trade
The purposes of the paper are twofold. The first is to provide a selective review of science studies, with three subtraditions (Mertonian institutionalism, the sociology of scientific knowledge, and cultural studies of science). The second
is to begin developing a case study in order to apply such literature, that of the institutional origins of economic geography during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and linked to a series of wider social processes around commercial trade
Economic base ; Economic integration ; Economic restructuring ; Europe ; Glasgow ; Information ; Land rent ; Large city ; Prague ; Social change ; Stockholm ; Technological innovation ; Town ; Urban change ; Urban development ; Urban economy ; Urban
function ; Urban renewal ; Urban social movement ; Urban sociology ; Urban structure ; Urban theory
The five papers of this special issue are focusing on how the development and restructuring of European cities occur in interaction with the economic, social, and political environment. These cities are in relation with the informational society
and the global economy. Their economic basis undergoes a shift from manufacturing to knowledge and the organisation of functions in a more complex division of labour. The examples of Stockholm, Prague and Glasgow are studied.